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Ordinary Heroes

Ordinary Heroes is a hand-drawn 2D hack-and-slash strategy game where you lead a ragtag group of villagers in the fight of their lives. Monsters have overrun the once-peaceful village of Hillscrest, and only…

24 December 2025

Ordinary Heroes is a strategy developed by COW Studios, released 24 December 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ordinary Heroes is

Ordinary Heroes is a strategy game developed by COW Studios and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ordinary Heroes is a hand-drawn 2D hack-and-slash strategy game where you lead a ragtag group of villagers in the fight of their lives. Monsters have overrun the once-peaceful village of Hillscrest, and only by banding together can the villagers hope to survive.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ordinary Heroes launched on 24 December 2025, within three weeks of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Hytale, Routine and Rhythm Doctor.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Hytale, Routine, Rhythm Doctor.

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When did Ordinary Heroes come out?
Ordinary Heroes was released on 24 December 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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